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(TPIIIBCHOOMCP. ' H'ih-ii ill w (fny aa a linnet, An.) t III ti Oval) na lurk, JiVver a dm tut I "no iiiinW We mot Hwixt ilnwoing ami diirlc. "Kaiie, and whim ahatl we man-)?" "Marrr?" the ail with a ih "Tlmt'a cako aul ribhonaon Mouilay, And sorrow ere Saturday's bjr. "You are aa lean aa Heard, I am an poor a iuoiimi; Nullum per anouin paid qnarlarly, Hardly finda rent fur bouie. '"f.e and emit Ins no'tag,' Capital I jtiat for a Miri What Iftlie butihould m pnpulout? How would the populace fare? "Oh, I the unele you reckon on," liuiitv, ricli and unwed Pick I Th.iv wait ill, mva the adage, who Walt lor the aboei of the dead. Ah ! Ifllovedou I'd ruk it! That'i what your thinking, I guea U' i r i i.i .1. it n or, Fiiifu'il i- wi Dirk, if I cand for you 1 Love's apt to fly out at the window, When poverty look in at the door; llalher I'd die than help banith him, Dick, by Juki keeping rou pool. "Kit mo! You'll look In on 8un.loy? . Won't my new bonnet be brave? June at ita lougmt and leanest-" My! what a ratnblo we'll bavet "Pyc-btel Th'w'a urnndnnlher waiting Patient at home for the tra. Pick, if you won't wed both of u, You muni be;tietit for me I" Sboweni, ifthov rulll I la Mingo, Kreah m the green of the grove; True lover'l tifti, aa d old Terrencc, Are only freah fuel to lovo. If I flung off in a palon lf he crrpt in fr a pry Sunday came aniilingand aultled it; Katie, waa wiir than I. Lovo'a but a baby that, passionate, Trie to be matrd al birth; Time nn t lout if It U-icbei you What a guod woman it worth, What if the waiting wua weariaouief What if the work days were drear T Time, the old thief, couldn't lob Mi of Fifty-two Sumlaya a yean How lonij waa liberty coming ? Long euounheven her way; Luolruni, or Decade, or Conlury What doui it matter to-day? Nunky died lincle at alxty, Granny at eightyor aoj Well, if we didn't weep long for 'cm 'l'waa'nt iu nuture, you kuow. Grannies and uncles are liable All to die aome day , that's clear; tMrrow flnda wonderiul comfort iu Five or iix hundred a year. And lovera marry at forty, A, and live happy tolioot; Though l'hillia be gray aa a codger, A nd Cord von Iwld aa a emit, HOUSEHOLD. To pickle peaches tuko seven pounds of sugar to one quart of vinogar; boil tbe peaches in thin nntil a broom splint will' easily piorce the skin; stick a few cloves Id each peaoh boforo patting it in the vinegar and put a handful of stick cinnamon into tho vinegar. If you have only ground cinnamon in tho house put some Jay three tabloBjwonfuls in a little muslin bag and let it boil with the Iieaches. If the amount of sugar given lore seems large, you nood not woigb it, but shut your eyes and keop putting it in until the right tastois imparted. Homo cooks peel the peaches and do not boil them, out pour hot vinegar over them for several mornings, but I con fess that I like them best "cloth und all," as a little girl said, simply taking euro to wipe thorn oil with a clean towel flrnt. rears may bo put up after this recipe j they, however, ought to be peeled, as the skin is tough and has no association of down or rod check with it. Plums of almost any variety are deli cious pickled in this way: To twelve pounds of fruit allow six pounds of siigor. one quart of vinegar, spice to snit your taste; heat tho vinegar, sugar ami ipioe, pour whilo hot over the fruit; do this for two mornings. Blackberries aro slso vory nico prepared in the same wav. French Pioklos though why so oallod I know not are made by slicing ono jieck of green tomatoes and nine large onious; throw over them oneteaenpful of salt, cover them with oold water, and let them stand all night; in the morning ilruin the in, and boil in weak vinegar nntil tho tomatoes are tender, not soft. While they are boiling tuko four quarts of good vinegar, two pound of bron super, two ounces of white mustard seed, two tableBpooufuls each of ground all spice, cloves, cinnamon, ami ginger, half a tenepoonful of cayenne tiopper; pour this over tho tomatooH, ami let it all boil together for half n hour. Tut in jars closely covered, and If you wish to keep sinuo for use in July and August, seal them in cans. It is surprising how in this way they rttain the poouhar fresh taste. Catsup lutulo of greou tomatoes mukes a good relish alno; tor this take ouo perk of tomatoes, six small red peppers, or one teaspoonful of cujenne pepp r, four tablespoonfula each of suit and black pepper, ono tablespoonfiil aeh of ground musturd, cloves and ull Hpioe, two quarts of vinegar; cook tain tomatoes ami pepper in tho vinegar until thry are soft, then strain, udd all tub spices, and boil hlowly fur at least four hours. If you prefer to sweeten tho catsup, add a cup of sugar. r. If " wishoa in know if ft lariro Christmas pudding can be boiled in in stallment, so that it will be possible to have one ready for a 1 o'clock diuuer. The better way is to make a Smaller pud Jin? than the rocipo calls for, kepiug the proportions the bame, and then, of course, it will require lens time to oook. Or if to meut the requirement of tho family you need to make the whole quan tity, divide it in two pacta ami boil iu separata kettles. Curtain rings are much moro conven ient to hang a dress up by than loops of braid or cloth, put one at e.ich eiJo of , the waistband on tho skirt. If loops ot any kind are imwl t hang the waist itself by, sew them ou at tho under sido of the armhold. The waist ran then be folded in the same way as when it is laid in tbe trunk or drawer. A sure cure for chapped hands is some thing greatly to be desired. Try this: Wet your bauds in warm water, then rub them all over with Indian meal; do this Uioe, then in the water nsed to wash off the meal put a teaspoouful of pure glyce rine. If it ii not pure it will irritate the akin. Kitchen Keramics. Grapta my ..LI...I in a narUl nf VHVH. Either th following ways is recommended i,. ltoil rinn ffranes I as till tliey are soft, then mash thorn through a colauder, leaving the eeus oniy m it To one pound of gra)es use three-quart nf u ,niini nt mi a at and a half a tea cur.ful of vinecar. Joil nntil almost like jolly. Then, just before taking from the flro. add cinnamon and cloves to suit vnur taste. No. 2. lake ripe grapes, reiuove imperfect ana urosen onos. uiuo an earthen jar with grape leaves; then fill with grapes. To two qnorts of vinegar allow one pint of white sugar, half an ounce of grouml cinnamon and a nmirinr nf n niinoa of cloves. Let tbe vinegar and the spices bril five minutes; then add the sugar, it coma w boil, and then, when cold, pour over tb irniiiiii If iinnred on WUUO not. i uhr la Hif.m vrn ii it i oos not ureas -i'".' . . r. . , ... the skin and spoil the appearanco of the i.iobli.a tlranea nickled in this war are nico put with mixed pickles in a castor or pickle bottle. intulnnt asks for directions pickling tho small yellow tomatoes that i,r lirniicht to tlie marxut in crates, uei thorn lie in salt nd water for three or four ilavs. chancinv tho brine if a scum rises; then nne tiieaa wuu cioar water m,i lt them lie for a uicht in weak v nniriir. or. nav. Lull vmeuar ana nan water. The next nay prepare inns: 10 ono peck of tomutoes allow half an ounce .f mlmlu 1'hivpH a ntiartcr of a oond of ground muhtard, half an ounce of whole black popper, ana six gooa-sizea onions, ratio slices. Put tho tomatoes in a jar, putting a loyer oi onions una spice between tuu layers oi tomutoes un me f nil. Cover the whole with cold vinegar of good strength. In a week or ten days the pickles win bo reuuy lor tne table. One of the most convenient articles that a woman can possoss, even if she does but littlo sewing, is a small lap iinm-,1 trilli a vnr.l meafiuro on one edae My own is of light wood, with two cleats on the under siun. iuis uoaru is inroo nnartera of a vard lonir aud a littlo more than half a yard wide. It has a curved side, and on tbe straight outer edge is a measure. It i carefully and exactly livfilml in ineh soaces. and has the eighth, and quarter aud half of the' yard murlio.l in nnmistaKauiy piain ngures. Itsorves occaaioually as a work-table, a airitinirlnitV unit it 1M Useful alsO BM 80 invalid's table, on which a cup of coffee and a plate of toast miy be placed. "D. C." asks for a (rood recipt for making tomato catsup. I have used the fnllnuiiiT fnrmnla for vears. and have found it in every way satisfactory: Take six quarts of cut tomatoes, oook them until they are perfectly sou, strain mem through a sieve, then add one pint of vinegur, half a cup of sugar, two table annnnfiila of liliu'k neniier. two of salt. one each of cloves, cinnemon and all- spice; boil nntil tnicK. ru away in bottles, or can wlnio hot. it is a gooa nlnn In tint iKirt in cans for use in late spring, but it koeps well if simply bot tled and corked. XI uonod nntil quite thick say like a boiled custard it wi 1 not become turn anil watery u Kopi a y.'ir' . To make blackberry wine, press ana bruise the bcrriea, and to ono quart of juice add two thirds of a qaart of water; throe quarters of a pound of sugar to one gallon of this is as little sngar as I would like to allow. If brandy is added, put half a gallon to threo gallons of juice. T.inva in nn nimn inf will Droteotod from flies and insects of all kinds, until fermentation oeases, then draw off and bottle. If the fomentation is slow to commence, a littlo yeast may be addod, which will start it at once. It is a good plan when making tho wine to dissolve the simr and mako a syrnti of it before adding it to the juice. Lovely littlo wraps for cool days for nun in Urn liahv onrriiiL'fi are made of sin gle zephyr crocheted ib two oolors in stripes. Crochet each stripe with four rows of loose shell stitch, and then with a row of squares where the next stripe joius, so that narrow ribbons may bo run through thorn. Four stripes make the wmn ilia rinrllt. viiltll. This i VerV " . j vuw . "rt . . ....... - - -ti handsome made of cardinal and white worsted, with cardinal rumous run in. Finixh tho bottom with fringo or with tassels. Verv delicate macaroons aro made of . ...... .1 nn,l n i, n,mliin f.F altiinn.lll blanched and pounded, and a littlo rose . . . a ii water aiuiea lo moisteu ana nuvor iuem. The whites of tliroe eggs should bo beaten very light, and the sugar stirred in gradually. Mix all thoroughly to gether, and drop on clean writing piqer. Iluke for about thieo minutes iu a quick oven. Erlh or 0;iIiiiii Smoklnir. Ten or twelve pipe produce a deli ions lanauor or intoxication; from w only to twenty five pipes is followed )V adreaniv torpor, the "heaven" which the opium smoker madly seeks an em blem of the Jong sleep to wuiou ne blindiv huri-ies. Tho habitual smoker has pallid cheeks, vaouons eyes, aud is nntittod for any enorgetio empioymeni. The functions of the stomach aud intesti nal organs become disarranged aud weakened. In indulgence, the idiot mule and death like stupor of an opium debauchee has something more awful to tho ga7.e than tho bestiality of the drunkard from spirits. Ihe pain he suffers wheu deprived of tbe drug alter long iiaou mi hihiuko iu explain, aud it is only to a certain de gree under it intf leuee that hi faculties aro alive. Persona of mature age occa sionally become opium smokers, but tho habit, as a rule, is acquired in youth. It is well known among the iuitiated that a physician in New York who claims to cure victims of the opimn pipe, aud has built au asylum for thut purpose, ha not been aide to euro himself, and daily indulge in its use. Those who pretend that the v hae been able to relinquish tho habit, may be fouud hanging about opium places aud do not deny them selves a pipe now and then. They are simply moderate smokers for a time, and eventually fall back to an excessive use of the drug. No epium smoker will deny tho fact that the habit baa ruined kirn mentally and physically. A young man of Maryland committed suicide because he was too poor to murry. This i ar isolated case. The poor young man generally marrit a, and if his wife doesn't commit suicide a )ar or two afterward it is not booaui-e aha hasn't sufficient provocation. i lot j m ix. Seth Allon, having graduated with the highest honors of hi college class, and won the consent of Lisctte May to be come his wife, came to New xork to take fame and fortuue by storm with the air of his brilliant college reputation and sundry college poems, essayr and such like stuff. He soon fonod his level, in a subordinate position in a large pub lishing establishment. ' Ho began low, aud won his way, by bis increasing adaptability, to a high position. But it was a long and an ar duous struggle, on small means and with i. i.riimiHtintr labor. The mar- IUU WUn, v o - .. riage day seemed ever to recede, nntil lie began to iooa upou " less' . . ' p. n.fa iim lnasnhere was bo far re moved from tht of Lisctte that she no InnMr influenced him. 8eth Allen had i.o n ..,, tn im verv highest circles the metropolis the elite of intelligence and culture. Here ho met ladies whose conversation and social prestige quite aid i iiuni i i.o nimnlpr ciftH of poor Lisette. Alas, for her gentle heart, forsaken and despised. , w;,i, T.iyottn. the one fixed idea years had been her marriage with her early lover, eue uau uume wuva neglect with ready excuse; she loved him ainclT and inrelv. and had never donbted. And so, when he wrote that cold selfish letter, which was evidently intended to be- so candid and so rational n oil iiuotm'U in which ho aeknowl- edged that he no longer loved her as be onco did, bnt was ready to fulfill his engagement, because his honor wa pledged, although the shock of it well nigb killed uer sne was uisencuaoieu. niirht of tears and desperate heurt bieak; a morning that brought wiser thoughts wuu mucn womaniy prido, that dictated tho words that alone ho deserved, "Yon are free," and helped her to collect, with untrcmbling hands, very memento of his dead love, to be re with tlmt fateful missive. A great shadow fell on her life, but few observed it. And alter a very long time it passod away, leaving only a ten- lifni innmnrf nf lllA VOnth IICl f t tl'l Vla 4 aaaww. - she had loved, and working entire for- getfulness of the man wno uau injured her. Years passed away, a score of them, after this time of parting. Seth Allen had long been a very famous mau. Men nnt'n liia nnmo with a sort of awe. so high was he lifted up above tho masses of his kind. Tnen at ma very acme oi in'a fr.mn diseaso smoto him fearfully. Not in that wasting, burning form in which deatn soon comes ana weicomeiy to close tho scene of suffering, but in that inaiMinim Bminino- of the BnrinCS of life. and loss of mental and bodily vigor, that IS 100 OjH lO IUI1UW a 1I1U Ui luiuiino null incessant brain labor, such as Seth's bad been. So smitton, and beyond the medicaments of the pharmocopin, Seth vna fnn'Pil la vield to tho mandates of his physicians, and seek rest and absolute quiet. . . ?ii l Ti lie was homeless anu wunoiu ilea, it won tint natural that he should find lli8 thoughts turning toward tho woman bo had so long forgotten, the woman who he onco hoped would have created a homo for him, and bound all his life and energies in tho sweet influence of her love. He had nothing to do, he was able to do nothing, ho was permitted to do noth ing, at least in his favorate porsuit.' Aud that was the reason, probably, why hn liMli.niolit himself of a nuiet lourney to the long-desertod scenes of his col- lesiate labors and successes. If hAil ill think of Lisette at all. and I in nr.. .innlit hn did. it waa a the same sweet, patient, rimple girl who hod given him all nor heart and waueu ior mm in good faith so long. He was a famous men, now, and had become accustomed to enthusiastic welcome, wuy siiouia he doubt such a weloome from this conn trv cifl. whom he oould not think of as aught but a young creature, but whom be knew must be lar on tue suauy siue of life. Perhaps sho would .But thore ho always paused. Did he mean that perhays ho had but to ask and lw vonnivflil hm'k ffracefully to his old una ilinn in her retraril. to renew with the calmness of advauoing years a chilly similitude of the vows oi youiu, anu iiui tn Reenre a valuable and most de voted nurse and housekeeper? Very likely he did, but lie was a mau, a ia many man a man vhom lonir adulation had persuaded of his on overwhelming merits, and whom sickness bad made more iotensVly Bolfitdi than was usual even to on extremely self-conscious habit of mind. Ho went down at oomraencementtime. IIo did not see Lisctte until the small .iv.....U.......i nf ilia fiAnann had nnite VIIU1 Tll VUlU V " " . .... -j subsided. He asked no questions about her, for ho nai not oomo in cuuutui. uu ..nu nl.l fiiomlain whom he liked to re call memories bf the past. But ho called at the homely cottage, wuoro hub suit esided with her mother (that much lie ,..i lanrmi.i from tho stranecr host of tho hotel where bo had his room), on the morning following the close of the commencement exercises, sure that he should theu find her at home. Nor was he mistaken, lie was sLown into ft small room, a sort of study, as 1 1... .n.l timnnanrinlil uilttir,l1 ftrOtind III n 0,3 ami iiiiiiiuaviiwiii ' - fully indioatel, and waited long, con scious all the time oi a bustio, line tue mt of nrooaration for some approach ing event, but which he naturally usenbod to tue departure oi guests or something similarly couuected with the season. T.iuuita nnma lo him at last. A hand some, rather imposing lady, past middle hut u-oarinir well. A slight flush tinged the cheek that was still fair and ronnd, aud that wan an toe ign ot em barrassment that she betrayed. Not so SpI Allen. He stammered and stood luif.irn In ancient love abashed, she was bo different fratn that which he had expected! He felt sorry that he had lost her; he felt, lor tue nrsv ume, tue turau noss of his conduct. He began to doubt if he should win her back. In half an hour he went away with bis mind fully settled on that point. Ho had not only been rejected, but he car ried in his pocket, tied together with tho emblematical white ribband, the cards of Lisette and the Reverend Dr. , president of the college, to whom she was that evening io be united. Ha had promised to stay for the wed ding, and Lisette bad shown bim that a true friendship might be reared above the ruins of their long extinct love. Bat when the time came, he had not tha courage to see her united to another, and the next morning he left the town, never to return, Tbe romainder of his life was spent in the cold solitude that be had chosen in bis yonngor years; but each year it became more irksome, and each convinoed him that all his fame, and all his honors, could not compensate him for tbe jnwel of domestic joy which, when he hold it in his reach, be bad de liberately cost from him forever. What Lime Don to Soils. It boneflU crops in two ways.one direot, the other indirect. Directly, it is plant food, especially for roots and legumin ous plants; indirectly, it makes the soil yield its nitrogen, otherwise hold fast in insoluble compounds, for the plant to feed upon. Sir John Lawes says: "Lime acts as the medium by which nutritk-a-tiou takes place; and tho almost entire absence of nitrates in the water passing through the peat soils in Scotland -which abound in nitrogen must be mainly due to tbe absence of lime." The same author remurks: "I may observe that although the amount of lime dis solved, and removed in drainage waters is considerable, still, the necessity of re peating tbe application after a fow years appears to be rather due to a descont of the lime to a lower level in tbe soil, where it is less accessible to the roots of the plants." The capacity of lime for setting freo the nitrogen in a fornt available 'or plant food is of course limited by the amount ot nitrogen in the soil; and when each application of lime is attended with less beuefit than the preceding one, wo may feel tolerably sure that the re sources of the soil have been too largely drawn upon, and that tbe export of fer tility bos been too great. The soil, as we know, receives its nitrogen from the air, aud the simple fact, in a case like tho foregoing, is that by the use of limo we are taking the nitrogen from the soil faster than it is supplied by tbe air. It is for tbis reason that the beueflts of lime are most durable on land least heavily cropped as pastures that are grazed. Its effects are very good upon virgin soil; it lasts longer npon good than npon bad land, and upon clays and heavy loams, than upon light land. Iu regard to the direct use of lime as plant food, it is an intaresting fact that lime can be made with certain plants a substi tute for potash. Boots and clover feed largely on potash, but when this is not abundant in tbe soil, they possess the power of nsing lime in its place. Limo, therefore, economizes the use of potash. A Monster Criminal. The third trial of Wheeler in the San Franoiuoo criminal oourt for choking bis sister-in law to death has resulted in a verdict of murder in the first degree. This was probably tbe most horrible and revolting crime that had ever been com mitted in that murder stained city. The victim was a yonng girl about l'J years of age, a sister of Wheeler's wifo, whom he had seduced at their residence in the east. Wishing to continue enjoyment of the criminal relations he proposed to remove to California and the project was acquiesced in by his wifo for the pur pose of conceuling her misfortune and the infamy of her sister fron. their old father. Wheeler was the father of two children by this young girl. Sho did not love him but he terrorized her, as also his wife, to suoh an extent as to force them to aid in falsely represent ing that tho young girl was his wife. In Sacramento the girl attracted the notice of a young man named Peck ham to whom she confided her story. Peckham sought to marry aud re move her from nnder the tyranny of this monster who, suspecting the inten tion, clandestinely removed tbe two wo men to San Francisco, taking lodgings on Kearney street. Peckham followed, traced them out aud quietly took lodg ings on the opposite side of the ball. Discovering the persistence of her yonng lover, Wheeler took the girl upon his lap, told her that he loved her too much to flat her marry Peckham, kissed her cheek, laid her head back ou bis sboul der, and with his hands choked her to death, his real wife in the adjoining room being deaf and uuable to hear tha noise of the struggles. When she had ceased breathing, he openod a trunk aud forced the girl's body iuto its- small com pass. It has taken three years for San Franoisco to dispose of this monster, and yet the hangman's rope waits upon the intent. Tlio" Matter with the Telephone. "I doan' know vhat I shall do mit Jit telephone of mine," observed a citizen ns he entered the headquarters of the com pany yesterday and sat down in a dis couraged way. "Out of order, is it.' "Sometimes it vims, und sometimes it vhas all right. If I go to speak mit der coal man, or der City Hall," or der butcher, it vhas all right, und I can hear every word. . If somepody vhants to order my peer, l.get de name snusi as plain as daylight." "And when does it fall?" "Vhell, shust like two hours ngo. A saloon man ho owes me $18, und I rings him oop und calls out, "Hello! hello! I likes my monish to-dayl" Don he vhants to know who I am, und he says he can't catch der name. I tell him oafer and oafer, und by nud by he calls oot dot he doan' deal iu watermelons, und dat he goes in to pave Gratiot street, nnd dot he is sorry he can't sign my petition to der Council. Den 1 haf to go all oafer und he tells me to stand ba ;k, nnd to come closer, und to speak louder, und at last ho gits mad nud tells me dot if I call him a dandy again he'll ptoke my head. It no use I can't make one of my ous touiers hear rue. If sometings doan' ail all my telephone, it may be ash my voice is giving out. I vhish you would exa mine me und seo if I bad better let my son Shon do der talking vhile I keep der pooks." f Detroit Free Press. A young farmer who had been reading a book which stated that "woman is the Sunday of man," thought be would com plimeut and please hi wife by shouting to her one morning: "Daisy, you are my Sunday I" Daisy glared at him aa though she imagined lie was daft, and then Suietly said: "Dan. I may be your Sun ay, but I'm not going to give you any rest nntil you boy me a bonnet that's fit to wear to church'.' Dan now keeps his quotations to himself, bnt he waa com I elled to get the headgear. ElUon'i VgH. . - e On September 5th for the first time the Time building wa illuminatod by electricity. Mr. Edison had at last per fected bis Incandescent light, had pnt his machinery in ordor, and had started up his engines, and his company lighted up about one-third of the lower city dis trict in which the Times building itands. The light came in in sections. First there came in a series of holes in tbe floors and walls, then sovoral miles of protected wires, then a transparent little egg-shaped glaw globe, and, last of all, the fixtures and ground glass shades that mode everything complete. They were temporary fixtures to give the light a trial, and so were put in with as little tearing and cutting as possible. To each of the gat-fixtures in the establish ment a bronze arm wat attached, and the electrio lamps were suspended from the ends of these arms. Tbe lamp is simplicity itself. At the top is a bias circle from which are suspended the shade and the lamp proper. Tbe latter is a gloss globe about four inches loug, and the shape of a dropping toar broad at the bottom and narrow iu the nock in which i inclosed the carbon horsesboo that gives the light. The globe is air-tight, and tho air has been exhausted, leaving the carbon horseshoe in a perfect vacuum. Whon the thumbscrew is turned, and the con nection with the electrio wires is thus formed, the electrio ourrent makes tho carbon so brilliant that it would be un pleasant to look at. It is not intended to be looked at, howevor, being entiraly hidden by the grouud glass shade. Tbe whole lamp looks as much like a gas burner surmounted by a shade that nine people out of ten would not have known the room was lighted by electricity, ex cept that tbe light was more brilliant than gas and a hundred times steadier. To turn on the light nothing is required but to torn tho thumbscrew; no matches are needed ; no patent appliances'. As soon as it is dark enough to need artifi cial light you turn the thumbscrew and the light is there, with no nauseous f-mell, co flicker and no glare. It was about 5 o'clock yesterday after noon when the lights were pnt iu opera tion. It was theu broad daylight, and tbe light looked' dim. It was uot till about 7 o'clock, when it began to grow dark, that the electrio light really made itself known and showed how bright and steady it is. . Then tbe twonty-seven lamps in the counting rooms mode those departments as bright as day, bat with out any unpleasant glaro. It was a light that a man could sit down under and write for hours without the conscious cow of having any artificial light about him. There was a very slight amount of heat from each lamp, but not nearly as much as from a gas-burner one fifteenth as run eh as from gin, the in ventor says. Tho light was soft, mel low and grateful to the eye, and it seemed almost liko writ ing by daylight to have a light without a particle of flicker and with sourcely any heat to make the heud ache. The electrio Uvnps in the Times Building were as thor oughly tested last evening as any light could be tosted in a single evening, and tested by men who huvo battered thoir eyes suliiciently by years of night work to know the good and bad points of a lamp, and the decision was unanimously in favor of the Edison electrio lamp as aguinst gas. One night is a brief period in whioh to jndge of the merits or de merits of a now system of lighting, but so far as it has been tested in the Timis office the Edison electrio light has proved in every way satisfactory. When the composing-rooms, the press rooms, and the other parts of the Times Building are provided with these lamps there will be from 300 to 400 of them in operation iu the building enough to make every corner of it as bright as day. Dead Man's Ueart Beau. On Friday afternoon, within one min ute after the body of James Tracy, the murderer of Policeman Henbner, had been taken from the gallows, Drs. Mnon ond Bluthardt, in the presence of other physicians, began the interesting experi ment of applying electricity with a view to resuscitation. Tho features Wore not distorted, and tho dead man looked as peaceful as though he had passed away in sleep. Dr. Bluthardt said: "He died painlessly. He lost con soonsness within a moment after the drop fell. He was dead before be knew what hurt him. Tne neck was dislocated at the first vertebra). I wish you would lot mo make a POBt mortem," lie added, turning to James McCain, to whom Traov had willed bis body. "No," said the old Irishu.sn. looking mournfully at the corpse. "Ho will be buried iu Calvary just as he is." McCann is the man who swore posi tively at the trial that Tracy was attend ing a wake at his house on tho night of the murder. If any one knows whether James Traoy was guilty or not that old man does. "Now that is all over," said a reporter to him, "tell me, are you positive that Tracy was with you on that fatal night?" "I am positive of it," was the reply; and pointing to the corpse, he added, "That man was fonly dealt with." Then the doctors applied the electric ity, and it was intensely interesting to Bee the muscles of the old face twitch, the mouth pout, the eyes open and Bhut, aud the heart heave. The countenance of Dr. Danforth lit up suddenly as ho bent over the corpse, "Hush I" he said, "I can hoar tho breast beat." The others bent down in turn, and they, too, heard the rhythmio throbbing of the heart. This is the statement thut they wrote at the request of the representa tive of the Sun. "The experiment was begun by ap plying ono polo over tbe spinal cord and the other over the heart the latter by means of three needles, one over the apex and two over the base of the heart. The needlos were inserted beneath the skin, so as to bring tbe elecric current in direct communication with the heart. On turning on tbe current the effect was very marked. Muscular contortions be gan wherever tbe electrio current reached, but especially in the face and neck. The heart began to contract feebly not regularly. With the ear over the heart we could distinctively hear or rather feel the heart's contractions. By removing tbe elec'j-ode we could pro dace a variety of facial expressions. The arms would oontract, the legs move with considerable force, and the muscles of the abdomen contract strongly. The most significant fact, however, w.s the rhvthmifl nn i ' . 1,19 sUdinVhatthe neck V & "l l s probable that a considerable propo" ion of the criminals who are hanged in this country are either mechanical B killed by the shock-that is, death is tbl result of the terrible impression mada upon tho nervous system. In case, fllAPA tUn nDnt, i.. l I , . ......uotojj uul uronen and tl.- 1 atnnal Rnnl U nnt i.,j . " . . , "--imju, we are oi the opinion thut rosnscitation would not b impossible. It might be asoomplUhed by electrieitv. friction r,fl,.ii ....... tion, the hot both, and other well-known means of restoration. In tbis cose re snaoitation was impossible, as tho neck wa broken.'' Lancaster Examiner. Awaiting the Guillotine. So aoon as tho sentonce of death is passed in France the criminal is placed ou double allowanoe. Tho ordinary prisoners have rations of meat and of wine only on Sundays and Thursdays but the convict set apart for the guillo tine baa roast beef every day and a "cioqnisme" of wine both at breakfast and dinner. He may read, write and smoke as much as he likes. Ho has two wardera constantly in attendants upon bim, and thoir ordors are never to con tradict Lira, and not to abntain from en tering into cheerfnl conversation jrith him. The assassin Tropmsnn nsed to ploy cards with the jailors. Finally, the condomnod man has au hour's exercise every day in the "promenoir" attached to tbe prison infirmiary. Therearo.it istruo, a few drawbacks to bis physical enjoyments. Directly sentence is passed the prisoner is made to don the "cumisolo do force"the strait jacket and that dismal garment if he be not rcspitod he never doffs until he mukns his toilot for the scaffold. The camisole is a sacklike can vis vest, with the end of the Bleeves tied together to .prvont the protrusion of the bands. Cords passing round the thighs, and fastening at the shoulders, attach closely to bis body the arms of the prisoner. At meal times ono arm of the camisole is loosened to allow the prisoner to eat with a wooden spoon the food which bos been cut nj for him. Again his band is set . froe when he wishes to write. The mur derer never knows when the day of kit doom is to come. Behind bis meat, wine, tobacco and other comfort rises the great red specter of the guillotine. The cords which bind bis arms to his sides are ns the hand of death, premoni torily clutching, and at any moment the governor of the prison, '.he almoner, and the "grefller" may enter his cell and tell bim that his execution is fixed to take place, not a week or a month bence, bnt that very day and within an hour or two. A Funny M ht Adventure. An amusing iuciilnnt happened Wed nesday night about two miles south of I e Boy. Between 10 and 11 o'clock on that night a young man while in lied heard bo me unaccountable noise in his front yard. Thiuking that marauders were prowling around, he got out of bed. and not waiting to pnt on his clothes, unfastened the back door and went ont into the yard. Seeing nothing suspicious around the house be walked to the front yard and .took his stand near some bushes by the roadside. At this , juncturo ho heard the sound of wheels approaching, and, not wishing to b seen in his night clothes, he crouched down in the bushes. In a short time a horse attached to an open bugsy, in which were seated a man and woman, come jogging along. If ho had been smaller man, or had the bushes been denser, it might have turned out all right for our friend, but as it was he could not conceal himself from the eves of the horse. Tbe animal catchinp: sight of a white crouching fi nre in the bushes, gave a loud snort, spranpr to one side of tho road, and stood there trembling and gazing at tbe object that bad frightened him. The occupants of the buggy saw that there was some thing i a the bushes that had frightened their horse, and the man, not being over stocked with courage, made his wife get out to investigate the cause of the trou ble. The man in the bushes seeing woman approaching his hiding place, sprang to his feet and ran for his house. Seeinit this apparition the woman uttered o piercing shriek, the horso bolted an'l ran, and the man made such on outcry that the whole neighborhood was aroused and every one near came ont to see what was the trouble. Amonif those that came finally to the scene oj the trouble was tho innocent author oi it all, who had by this timo gotten him self into his ilay-time habiliments. W planations followed, and a hearty laugh ended the fright. How to CaU-n Frogs. The Washington Star thus tells bo frotrs are caught in the Potoiuoe: The manner of catching them is w drift about at night in a skill among tw swamps which line the Potomao and creeks with a bull's eye dark lantern. ... .. i i. thai lnnu. cui' Wlieu ute irutjn uk'" m- .. teral conversation with each other iu hunter edges up as near as possible w his game and throws the intensely fleeted light from his bull's-eye direct upon the frog, which appears to have iu effect of completely paralizing Ouce the light strikes them t ey are inj movable, and will suffer themselves w be bagged without a murmnr. OM' pert stated to a Star reporter that a took a dozen from off one old rotten m in Huntimr creek, bnt a big moccaa snake struck ont for him, and in gtt awav, he lost nine of them. The ir are "particularly plump this year, their flesh tender as squab meat. The Evening Wisconsin tells a pteti story of Dr. Gilbert Wrhjbt, A qnarter of a century ago, was one o 1 1 ablest and most respected pbj' the state, but who now is a broke" i w old man, leading a hermits W ' crazy shanty in Waukesha county. cause of his withdrawal from wo!,, that years ago he discovered the ity of his wife, and .crushed by tw . fortune, he left tbe state, and gnffi" ran down hill, until now he is lit-e w ter than the "dirty old man ltd. The wife has a good deal I to for, bnt not half so much as tbe mn who would let such a thing drive him the dogs.